USS Arlington (LPD-24)
USS Arlington in August 2013 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Arlington |
| Namesake | Arlington County |
| Awarded | 6 November 2006 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 26 May 2008 |
| Launched | 23 November 2010 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld |
| Christened | 26 March 2011 |
| Commissioned | 8 February 2013 |
| Homeport | Norfolk |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service, as of 2015 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement | 24,900 short tons (22,600 t) full |
| Length |
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| Beam |
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| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Four sequentially turbocharged Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Capacity | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total; 14 Expeditionary Force vehicles |
| Complement | 32 officers, 332 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | Four CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
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USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington County, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon and the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Like her sister ships, USS New York and Somerset, she is named in commemoration of the attacks. Steel taken from the Pentagon after the attacks is displayed aboard in the ship's museum.